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African Americans
Born in Springfield, IL, Ellis grew up to host popular house parties for African American lesbians and gay men in Detroit during the 1940s and 1950s,…
Bars and Nightclubs
Despite the demise of disco in the late 1970s, large dance clubs maintained their allure among young gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals as places to…
Activism
As the number of AIDS cases rose in the 1980s, gays, lesbians and allies began to react against government indifference with increasing militancy,…
Bars and Nightclubs
Karagas played host at his brother William's Woodward Bar in Detroit from its opening in 1954 until Andy's death at age 76 in 1997.
University of Michigan
Saved from the electric chair by famed defense attorney Clarence Darrow, Leopold and Loeb were sentenced to life in prison. Loeb was killed by a…
Churches
Since the 1970s, numerous independent churches, as well as the Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches, have formed to provide a special…
